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Future Capital invests into OurWishingWell.com
The Future Capital Development Fund has invested into OurWishingWell.com, an Australian online gift registry service.
30under30 winners, 2009 (The Full List)
We're continuing to stagger the release of profiles of this year's 30under30 winners. However, as a follow-up to the wonderful 30under30 event held in Melbourne last Thursday (videos coming), here are the 30 winners, including a brief bio on each.
Data backups – face it, you’re screwed!
Data backups fail. Often. Ask your IT guy, be they in-house or outsourced, about data backups and I’d bet a squirrel’s stash of nuts that you won’t see their eyes rolling. All you’ll see is the back of their head as they leg it for the horizon.
Entrepreneurs Week 2009 – Melbourne, Monash, RMIT
When: Friday August 7 to Friday August 14
Where: University of Melbourne, Monash Univesity and RMIT
Entrepreneurs Week emphasises social & sustainable entrepreneurship as well as...
MySpace halts traffic slide by launching MySpace Graveyard [collegehumor.com]
In the social network popularity stakes, MySpace is having its tail handed to it by Facebook. But CollegeHumor.com thinks it has the answer to how MySpace can turn the situation to its advantage - a social network for users abandoning MySpace.
Paul Isakson asks What’s Next (again)
Last year, prolific marketing blogger (and head of strategy for space150) Paul Isakson sent ripples of chatter across the blogosphere when he posted a rough presentation on his views around marketing, simply titled: What's Next?
On 30 July, 2009, he posted an update:
Paul Isakson asks What's Next (again)
Last year, prolific marketing blogger (and head of strategy for space150) Paul Isakson sent ripples of chatter across the blogosphere when he posted a rough presentation on his views around marketing, simply titled: What's Next?
On 30 July, 2009, he posted an update:
Are you seeking capital? August is ‘Venture Capital Month’ at Anthill!
So you have the commitment, the creativity, the cojones. But do you have the capital!
This August, we've decided to explore the many facets of capital raising - from angel investment and grants to venture capital and private equity. For want of a better name, we're calling this exercise Anthill's VC Month.
Are you seeking capital? August is 'Venture Capital Month' at Anthill!
So you have the commitment, the creativity, the cojones. But do you have the capital!
This August, we've decided to explore the many facets of capital raising - from angel investment and grants to venture capital and private equity. For want of a better name, we're calling this exercise Anthill's VC Month.
The Twitting Point
Unless you are Osama bin Laden’s roommate, you'll know that 2009 is the year Twitter took off. It has grown by over 1,000 percent and the phrase "tweet it" has become part of the popular lexicon. While many people still "don't get it", it has become incredibly powerful. How did this happen?
Australian companies have so much unrealised potential
There are so many examples of exciting Australian companies and initiatives. Why aren’t doing a better job of ensuring their success? Brad Howarth looks at the issue of squandered potential.
Beware of geeks bearing gifts
Everyone knows the story of the Greeks infiltrating the enemy Trojan compound by hiding inside a giant horse. But not many people know that something similar is going on right now inside the commercialisation of public research in Australia.
Anthill talks up pitchclub on Sky News Australia
Sky News Business Channel reporter Brooke Corte talks to the founder and editor-in-chief of Anthill magazine about 'Pitch Club'.
Seeking venture capital? Need angel funding?
This first event in Anthill's upcoming 'Tunnel Talk' series, held in conjunction with Design Victoria, is a two-part initiative developed for business builders, commercial innovators, aspiring entrepreneurs and creative professionals seeking to identify investment ready ideas and acquire growth capital.
Pimp your bike with LED wheel lights
The last few years have seen a dramatic increase in bicycle sales for use as a greener mode of transport, for fitness and also for pleasure.
An almighty stink over rival iPhone apps
Legal stoushes over intellectual property infringement flare up all the time, and they are invariably serious affairs. But it's hard to keep a straight face watching this report from The Daily Show's Wyatt Cenac, who tries to get to the bottom of the stink between Air-O-Matic - the makers of Pull My Finger (a popular iPhone application that was at one point bringing in US$10,000 a day), and the moguls from InfoMedia who cut Air-O-Matic's lunch by releasing their own Top Selling app, iFart.
How an aerobics class can help you come up with better ideas
It is assumed that exercise is good for our mental health, but does it make us more creative?
TechCrunch's Mike Arrington speaks out
TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington is a polarising figure. Hundreds of tech entrepreneurs attempt to wow him every day in an effort to gain positive media coverage, making him one of Silicon Valley's few genuine king-makers and breakers.
TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington speaks out
TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington is a polarising figure. Hundreds of tech entrepreneurs attempt to wow him every day in an effort to gain positive media coverage, making him one of Silicon Valley's few genuine king-makers and breakers.
Jack Delosa, 2009 Anthill 30under30 winner
While many business people begin by studying a Commerce degree, perhaps even an MBA, Jack Delosa epitomises the 'school of hard knocks' entrepreneurial path.
